Why don't you guys consider the translator job always posted on the forum...

Rein is right on the part of Localization. This is the common misconception people make with bilingual people. Yes, Rein can speak and understand both, but its not enough to be on a professional level. Just like you wouldn't hire a person who spoke English off the street to teach it. You need the formal training to manipulate and flavor your words. This kind of training takes awhile to do and is frequently done at the university levels.

I know where he is coming from though, with juggling both languages xD. Though I don't speak Japanese, I share the same experiences through being raised with Spanish. I can easily do translations, but then I run into the same thing Rein does; perfecting the English part so that it sounds natural. Things like thought patterns and sentence structure get in the way, and to us, it sounds perfectly normal for the most part >.>

Yoshida Naoki - Comment in 4Gamer 12-28-2012

Q1: From the games sold in 2012, which game title impressed you (or impacted you) the most?

Title: Guild Wars 2Hardware: PC

In Japan this game isn’t well known but I was honestly surprised and impressed with the world that was created over many years and flood of challenging systems.It has a PvP system with World vs World theme, the difference in classes is extremely small, and implementation of Dynamic Events where players can participate freely. The balancing is done very well. I will be observing closely at their operations and their billing policy, as i have great interest! They are a very strong enemy!!

Q2: Which entertainment content sold/released in 2012 left strongest impression?For 2012 I think it’s “Evangelion Shingekijyouban:Q”(anime) Secretly I’m a mania so.......I don’t think there are any movies that can make that much people viewing leaving speachless in 3-5 minutes from opening of the movie and from the day before opening. shown on TV.After the end roll finished it showed the following episode announcement you always see, these couples were sitting next to me and the male muttered “It was Eva....” was very memorable.I’m really looking forward to what’s going to happen next, until I see the end I think I won’t die (laugh)

Q3: Which person were you personally paying close attention to in 2012? It would be Mr. Hinata Takeshi (Manga artist). He is currently writing a basket ball manga in the weekly Shounen Magazine, I have been enjoying the comics and the weekly releases.They are trying to go forward but always end up hitting a wall. No matter how much they try to go over that obstacle they end up feeling frustrated again and being put in a position where the main characters are not only the key people working hard. The will they have to try and still move on forward and the characters lines are very memorable. I think Mr. Hinata is hard on himself and pretty reckless himself. When the work is very hard, his work gives me a lot of courage.

Q4: What is your ambition towards 2013, or message for 4Gamer readers.FINAL FANTASY XIV will reborn and leap through 2013. To repay to all those players around the world supporting and not only to the fans, but to all those reading the 4Gamer, I would like to deliver a product which will surprise everyone.Please look forward to FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn!

YoshiP responded to some of the players after the Nico-nama live broadcast

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

プロデューサ/ディレクタの吉田です。Producer/Director Yoshida here,

FF25周年、そして先ほどのニコニコ生放送へのご声援、ありがとうございます！
これからも新生FFXIVだけでなく、FFを最大化するために、
走り続ける26年目以降でありたいと思います^^Thank you for cheering for the 25th anniversary, along with the Nico-nama live broadcast!
Not only for FFXIV but wishing to expand FF to keep on running into the 26th and later years ^^

To CimaGarahau
年末に差し掛かり、βに向かって突き進む中、書き込みが減っておりご心配をおかけしていますが、
今でもしっかり日々フォーラムの確認はしていますし、Repとも検討しています。
頂いた声はβや製品リリースへの糧とさせて頂いていますので、ご安心ください^^As we head towards beta and end of the year the amount of posts have decreased but I am checking the forum daily, and the Reps are also looking into them. Your voices are received and will be used as a energy source for beta and product release so don't worry ^^

Rep Response - 12/27/12 - Existence of this forum?

lucia is worried that once beta starts this forum is going to be quite as most writing in here are most likely Legacy players.

Originally Posted by Triairy

こんばんは。Good evening,

Originally Posted by lucia

・βテストはレガシー資格持っている人全員参加可能。
・このフォーラムに投稿出来る人ってほとんどレガシー資格持ってますよね？
・βテストは守秘義務有
ここから導かれる帰着点。βテスト中、このフォーラム、ほとんど書き込みが途絶えませんか？
もしかしたらこのフォーラムは、現行の記録として残しておいて、新生の正式版が立ち上がるか、
オープンβが立ち上がった段階で、新しく立ち上げ直したほうが良いのではないですか？- For beta test, all those with Legacy status can participate.
- Beta test will have NDA.
During the beta test, this forum won't have much posts wouldn't it?
Wouldn't it be better to maybe leave this forum as memory of current version and start up a new one for ARR, or rebuild a new one at the timing of open beta?

ご指摘のようにレガシーキャンペーンの条件を満たしている方は、
βテストフェーズ1からテストに参加できるため、本フォーラムに書き込み機会が減る可能性もあります。
ただ、βテストに参加していない方が閲覧できる公式フォーラムは、
本フォーラムのみですので引き続き運用を行っていきます。
また、新生に移行するタイミングで、これまでの投稿いただいたものを残すのか、
どこかにまとめるのか、変更点などがあるのかなどについては詳細が決まり次第、お伝えします。As you mentioned for those that qualify for Legacy status can participate in the tests from phase 1 therefor it is possible that the posts in this forum will decrease.
However, for those that can't participate in the beta test, this is the only official forums. So we will continue to operate this forum.
Also, we will decide on what to do with the posts we received up until the timing when we transition into ARR, to keep them or store it somewhere else. Once we have the details worked out will let you all know.